An army of eligible bachelors is about to start making its way across southeastern Colorado, good news if you like your suitors to have eight hairy legs. The annual tarantula trek is expected to begin in late August and last through October as mature tarantulas seek a mate.
Each September and October, when the temperatures drop but before a winter frost sets in, untold numbers of male Oklahoma Brown tarantulas begin their quest for love in the area. Setting out around dusk, tarantulas on the prowl can trek up to a mile across the Comanche National Grassland in search of a mate, and the hunt is treacherous – hundreds will be killed by the wheels of passing cars driven by unaware drivers before they find a mate.
